Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in John 19:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).
rock, cliff, boulder, fortress
rock, cliff, boulder, fortress. Massive boulder, cliff; paramount metaphor for divine unchangeableness, refuge, and strength ('The Rock, His work is perfect', Deuteronomy 32:4).
Biblical Place • En-rogel • 31.768°N, 35.234°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 1:9 (identified with En-rogel ).
John • Chapter 20 (31 verses)
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away ... Mentions: Mary , Simon , Yeshua the Messiah .
Genesis • Chapter 29 (35 verses)
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Haran , Laban , Nahor , Rebekah , Bilhah .
Interactive 3D Assyrian Monument • 2 Kings 9–10
Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.
Proverbs • Chapter 27 (27 verses)
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
witness, testifying party, monument
witness, testifying party, monument. Witness, testifying person or memorial stones testifying to covenant oath taken before God (Genesis 31:48, Joshua 24:27).
Matthew • Chapter 28 (20 verses)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the do... Mentions: Mary, Yeshua the Messiah , Galilee .
Matthew • Chapter 4 (25 verses)
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Galilee , Nazareth , Capernaum , Jordan , Syria .
Interactive 3D Rock-Hewn Tomb • Matthew 27:60 & John 19:41
Photogrammetry scan of a rock-hewn Jerusalem burial cave in the Kidron Valley carved directly into the natural limestone bedrock with a low rectangular entrance and interior burial benches—illustrating the architecture of Judean rock-cut family tombs from Isaiah 22:16 to the Gospel accounts of the burial and resurrection of Jesus ( Matthew 27:60 ; John 19:41 ).
Ezekiel • Chapter 10 (22 verses)
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Chebar .
John • Chapter 8 (59 verses)
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham .
Interactive 3D Royal Portal Guardian • Esther 1 & Ezra 4:6
Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .
1 Peter • Chapter 2 (25 verses)
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 27 (26 verses)
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plas... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Jordan , Dan .
Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • Isaiah 22:15–16
Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).
Mark • Chapter 12 (44 verses)
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
Interactive 3D Architectural Model • Luke 2, John 2 & Acts 3
Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.
1 Chronicles • Chapter 12 (40 verses)
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag , while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish : and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrow... Mentions: David , Saul , Kish , Benjamin , Joash , Ziklag , Azmaveth , Gedor 1 , Jordan , Hebron .
Luke • Chapter 24 (53 verses)
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , James ( Jacob ), Jacob/Israel , Moses , Galilee , Emmaus , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Bethany 1 .
Luke • Chapter 17 (37 verses)
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Noah , Lot , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Sodom .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 9 (31 verses)
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem , with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Nathan , Iddo , Sheba , Jerusalem , Ophir , Arabia , Lebanon .
Matthew • Chapter 24 (51 verses)
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Daniel , Noah .
Mark • Chapter 13 (37 verses)
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Daniel .
Mark • Chapter 16 (20 verses)
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James , and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said amo... Mentions: Mary, James ( Jacob ), Yeshua the Messiah , Nazareth , Galilee .
Proverbs • Chapter 26 (28 verses)
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Lamentations • Chapter 4 (22 verses)
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion , comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Even the sea m... Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Zion , Sodom , Jerusalem , Edom.
John • Chapter 19 (42 verses)
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus , and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Joseph , Gabbatha , Golgotha .
Isaiah • Chapter 47 (15 verses)
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon , sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pa... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Babylon .
Proverbs • Chapter 17 (28 verses)
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the ...
1 Kings • Chapter 10 (29 verses)
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to ... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Sheba , Jerusalem , Solomon's , Ophir , Arabia .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 10 (22 verses)
At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. A... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Eleazar , Levi , Beeroth , Moserah , Gudgodah , Jotbathah , Egypt .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 22 (25 verses)
A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled; And every one will hiss him out in his disgrace. A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: Every man that takes it up will shake out his hand. A father has shame in having begotten an uninstructed son; And a fool...
Matthew • Chapter 3 (17 verses)
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, mak... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Jordan , Galilee .